Excited and overwhelmed

In true spirit of Labor Day, Micah and I took the yesterday off. We spent the day shopping. I know that sounds weird, but there was a lot of things we needed to check off our list. After a quick stop at Best Buy, we headed to Babiesrus to start our registry. I've never been so overwhelmed in my entire life.

The lovely people at Babiesru gave us a checklist of things we should look at registry for, but they don't tell you which brand/style/color/size to buy of things. Did you know there are easily 30 different types of strollers and high chairs. Just a quick walk down the diaper aisle made my head spin.

An hour and half later, I think that we managed to put together a decent registry. And we walked out of the story hoping that the baby comes with an instruction manual. :)

Afterward, we grab some lunch and then went to the Gardners furniture store. Our intent was just to look at dining room furniture. However, we walked into the store and fell in love in with a table and hutch. So we ordered it. Everything should be delievered by the beginning of November, just in time for Thanksgiving, which is great since we are having the family done to Maryland this year.

As for today, we are headed off to the vet and food shopping (which is the most important stop of the day because we have no food in the house!)

Pictures

I've been slacking on the picture posting, but I have been taking them. I finally had a few minutes this morning to post.

Enjoy!

21 weeks

22 weeks

23 weeks

"She's Got The Pregnancy Waddle"

Yup, someone actually said that to me the other day. I can't complain too much cause it was the CEO of the company, and I think he was trying to be funny. But it really wasn't what I wanted to hear.

Then today at work we had a "Back to School" picnic and fun day for employees and family. One of the members of the tissue team (who I haven't seen in a couple of weeks), stopped me in the hallway, while I was talking to a group of people, and said the he almost did recognize me because I'd gotten so big. Again, not something you should really say to a pregnant woman.

Leave to guys to make a somewhat of a compliment sound like an insult.

Taking off

No, I'm not leaving, but I had to take my rings off. It was a sad day, however, my finger is thankful. The rings fit fine at the beginning of the day, but by the end of the day they are a little tight and begin to get uncomfortable. I probably could have continued to wear them for a little longer, however, I didn't want them to get stuck on my finger. So for now they are sitting safely in the a ring box on the bathroom sink.

Yesterday I went to Target to buy a cheap silver ring band. I'm not comfortable being six months pregnant and not having my rings on. (I don't want people to get the wrong impression.)

So for now I'm sporting my 14.99 ring and hoping that I fool people. :)

I promise that I'll update pictures shortly.

Team Pink

Add us to Team Pink!! We found out today we are having a little girl!! The appointment went very well. The tech got to see all the images they weren't able to see earlier. I can't believe how much bigger the baby is just four weeks later. I could really see all the features and organs clearly. Baby girl Gelman is growing right on track, weighing in at about 1lb 2oz. I'll most likely have to go back a couple more times to check on a fibroid I have. They want to keep an eye on it to make sure that it doesn't affect the growth of the baby.

Below are a couple of pictures of our baby girl. I think she is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, but then again I might be bias.

Aches and Pains of Pregnancy

The aches and pains of pregnancy have begun. Well to be honest the started a while ago. Since about 15 weeks or so I've had this pain in my pelvic. I figured it was related to my belly growing and dismissed it. about two weeks ago the pain got really bad. It hurts to walk, roll over in bed, pick things up, bend over and even get dressed. I called the doctor's office and spoke with the nurse. She said that the pain was most likely caused by my pelvic bone separating (it happens in some women.)

After a bit of research on the web (which can honestly be the worse thing for a pregnant woman), and discovered that there is actually a name to this type of pain. Symphysis pubis dysfunction. It is where the front of the pelvic bone starts to separate due to the increase of hormones, misalignment or a combination of the two. There isn't much that can be done, other than warm compresses and Tylenol.

However, when I spoke with the nurse she said that if the pain didn't get better, I should call and make an appointment to be seen. Well the pain hasn't gotten better so I made an appointment. I ended up seeing one of the doctors in the practice that I hadn't seen before. I don't think that she even read my chart before she came into the room. I told her about the pain and she just looked at me and said that it was just a normal pregnancy pain. She made me feel like an idiot for coming in. She did measure my belly and listen to the heartbeat and everything is normal. But, I left the doctors office upset about the interaction I had with the doctor. Let's just hope that she isn't on call when I go into labor.

For the meantime, I'm resting on the couch, with Tylenol and a hot compress. After all that we went through to get here, a little pain is nothing to have a healthy baby.

20 Weeks

Half way there!! I can't believe it. It feels like just yesterday that we found out we were pregnant. Now we only have 20 weeks left. And there is so much to do!

I started this week looking for daycare and am totally overwhelmed. I knew that childcare was going to be expensive, but I didn't think it was going to be this expensive. It really put this into prospective and has made me think seriously about staying home and freelancing after the baby comes.

I've found two places that I like, one has openings for infants in March and the other doesn't. At the moment, our plan is for me to back to work and see what happens. This whole process has been overwhelming and emotional. I can't tell if it is because I'm doing this while Micah is China or of all the extra hormones (probably is a combination of them both).

I'm feeling the baby move more. I feel somethings almost everyday. It isn't constant, which isn't surprising cause the baby isn't quite big enough for me to feel every kick. That time is coming shortly.

And now for what you've all been waiting for... this week's pictures. I think that I've definitely 'popped'.